Spring 2011 Newsletter - Maidenhill School

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14 MAIDENHILL NEWS: SPRING 2011 Rotary Young Chef Competition The first round of this competition was held at Maidenhill in January 2011. Contestants from Maidenhill were: Ben Williams, Bradley Powell, Michael Turl, Rosie Meyer and Millie Gardiner. Miss Fry was very proud of the attitude and achievement of all the students taking part. The winning student going through to the next round was Millie Gardiner with her menu of Salmon, Spaghetti and Crumble followed closely by Rosie Meyer with her menu of Risotto and Fruit Tartlets. "In February, I attended the second round of the Rotary Club cooking competition. There were seven of us all together and we had to cook a three course meal in two hours. I was very nervous about the competition but as it got to the mid-point it became really fun. I am hoping to do this next year as it is a good experience." By Millie Gardiner 9DWA Let’s Get Cooking Rachel Adlam, who is an ex-Maidenhill student, is now a Year 3 teacher at Lakefield School. Recently Miss Fry invited Year 3 students from Lakefield School in Frampton to Maidenhill for two sessions of “Let's Get Cooking”. With their teachers and volunteer helpers they produced a mouth-watering range of Chinese food including wantans (a type of Chinese dumpling), soup, spring rolls and prawn toast which they displayed artistically before devouring. As part of their role, governors often come into school to learn about what is going on in lessons. Governor, John West, came along to help with the cooking. “I was delighted to be able to take part in “Let’s Get Cooking” and thoroughly enjoyed working with the students and seeing the amazing results produced in such a short space of time. It was great to see the enjoyment and enthusiasm on the faces of these young people. I know they are looking forward to Miss Fry visiting their school to teach them some more culinary skills.” Charity Lunch In February a group of eight Year 11 students who are especially talented in Hospitality and Catering took on a project with local chef, Robert Rees, to support his charity The Wiggly Worm. To help raise awareness of this charity, which exists to improve health, well-being and self esteem amongst the vunerable or disadvantaged, the students prepared and served a top class lunch to 20 invited guests at the Cotswold Food Centre at Cirencester Agricultural College. Students had to consider health and safety as well as creating a delicious three course lunch of sushi and canapés followed by rump steak with dauphinoise potatoes and hot chocolate fondant with cinnamon and orange sauce. Jordan Tiley felt that good team work helped to make the event successful and she learned a lot about how to plan and present dishes. She was surprised how hard they had Chef Robert Rees demonstrates presentation techniques to our Catering students. to work and how much pressure was put on to get everything done quickly. The response from guests was very good and the event received lots of publicity for The Wiggly Worm in local newspapers and radio and in Cotswold Life magazine.
Breakfast Treat On Tuesday 8th February, our Asdan group provided staff members of the school with fried breakfasts; they watched us while we cooked. The staff members we cooked the breakfast for were Mr Drennan, Mr Watson, Mrs Halliday, Mr Wade, Mrs Wilson, Mr Day, Miss Fry and Mr Clements. We all had stations to work on, and first I had to cut all of the buns in half for the butties. Then I had to fry all the eggs; I managed not to break any, but one broke in the sandwich so I had to re-do it. We all had to cook in the first lesson, and then the teachers arrived in the second, so it would be quicker for them to get their breakfast in time for break. I found the cooking quite fun as we had the experience of working together and I think we coped well. We followed the orders correctly on the menus for each individual that we made in an earlier lesson. We prepared a budget sheet to see how much it would cost to buy the food and Mrs Uzzell and Mrs Wood bought it. After the cooking we got to eat our food too and it was nice. We had to wash up at the end though, but we all managed to get the catering room clean just into a few minutes of break. At the end we asked the teachers for donations towards the cooking and work done for them. By Sophie Thorley 11MMA Mr Wade, Mrs Halliday, Mr Drennan and Mr Day enjoy a fried breakfast. Homework Club Homework Club is a quiet place to do your homework and there is always someone there to help you. The staff that help are: Mrs Darlow, Mrs Jerram, Mrs Humphries, Mr Haywood, Miss Bennett and Mrs Jones. Homework Club is on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after school. There are two rooms that we use. One is a quiet room for homework that you do on paper or in your book and the other room is for using the computers. After you have done all of your homework you get a drink and some biscuits. By Chelsey Peck 9CST MAIDENHILL NEWS: SPRING 2011 Talk by Holocaust Survivor Myself and a few others were extremely lucky to be offered a once in a lifetime opportunity: to interview and listen to a Holocaust survivor Ruzzi Oppenheimer. This was a valuable experience as I was able to learn about his fascinating life story. He told us how being a Jew, as well as living in Germany during the Nazi Period, had a major influence and effect upon his life and childhood. Ruzzi Oppenheimer offered this talk at Cirencester College as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day. His talk was his memoirs and not just another testimony of the holocaust but a valuable historical experience. I found this opportunity amazing and very insightful. To me, this chance was astonishing to hear him speak movingly of his personal experiences of the Holocaust as well as being able to say that I have met and had a photograph taken with a survivor of the holocaust. Mr. Oppenheimer was a young teenager during World War 2 and was placed in the notorious Belsen camp. He lost his parents and members of his family, but happily survived himself and now devotes himself to giving talks to schoolchildren and others in Britain and the Netherlands. His brother, Paul, who was awarded the MBE in 1990 for services to British industry, has written a graphic account of the family's experiences, aptly titled ‘From Belsen to Buckingham Palace’ which I bought for myself to read at home. This opportunity was very beneficial, especially to someone like myself who hopes to study A level and degree level History and then become a secondary school teacher, teaching History. I would like to thank Ms Smith, Miss Cranton and Miss Bell for accompanying us and offering this amazing chance in life. By Kelly Loveridge 11RPE 15
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